Thanks to Nico for pointing me to this article over at the Montgomery Advertiser.
Apparently a ton of constituents are <gasp> calling their legislators and begging them to vote no on the bill.
This article focuses on the fact that the Alabama Wholesale Beer Association (AKA Big Beer) is behind the proposed legislation.
“Helping solve the underage drinking problem in Alabama is more important,” he (Chris Fuchs, manager of Budweiser’s Mobile market) said. Still, the attorney for the Alabama Wholesale Beer Association offered another reason for the bill — legal liability.
“There is a liability question, and I’m sure (distributors) don’t want to be exposed to it,” Montgomery attorney Walter Byars said. He said a distributor for Miller High Life in Birmingham was sued over a keg party several years ago.
He won at the Alabama Supreme Court but spent $80,000 in attorney fees.
Ok, that’s like baning cars because people die in them everyday.
Why don’t these jackholes propose some FREAKING TORT REFORM LAWS if they’re so worried about being sued?
January 20th, 2006 at 8:20 am
Yeah but people attempt to sue car makers every year for their inability to survive a 125mph crash in to oncoming traffic.
It really doesn’t make a lot of sense. The problem is I don’t think this is to target high schoolers, seriously I don’t recall that many keggers in high school. Nowadays the only groups of ppl that really drink kegs are college kids. I think this is an attempt to reel in frat and college parties.
In the end all its going to do is increase the amount of money we’re ALREADY spending in Georgia for lottery tickets and gas as well as Missippi and Tennessee.
I hate mid-term election politics.
January 25th, 2006 at 11:39 am
Retarded concept.
If an adult who is allowed to vote and fight and/or die for his country is determined to get a beer and get wasted, it’s going to happen.
It’s just Miller and Bud wanting more money from a niche market without seriously ticking off the bars.
If they wanted to do something important, they’d make tougher penalties for underage drinking, public intox, DUI, etc.
It’s not “For The Kids,” it’s for the money.
BTW…..What about Half-Keg’s? Pony-Keg’s? Party-Balls? Those hellasweet Grolsch Mini-Kegs?
Asshats.